Newsweek Magazine

October 18, 2019 Issue

Features

Cover story U.S.

'Gleefully Defiant' Trump Spoils for Fight, But Will His Playbook Fail Him?

The president is the "ultimate counterpuncher" with a long, litigious history. But even if impeachment falters, will Trump Exhaustion Syndrome bring him down?

U.S.

Your Coffee Could Be Connected to Why Hondurans Are Fleeing to the Border

The spread of 'coffee rust' and the plummeting global price of coffee beans are forcing generations of coffee farmers across Honduras to flee to the U.S.

In Focus

Choppy Waters

La Seu d’Urgell, Spain Choppy Waters Germany’s Florian Breuer competes during the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships on September 26. The sport, which began in Switzerland in 1933 as a summer alternative to slalom skiing, involves navigating through a mix of upstream and downstream gates in whitewater rapids. The boats are smaller and lighter than canoe sprint boats in order to be maneuvered more quickly.

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Periscope

World

Trump's Message to Troubled Developing Countries? Figure it Out On Your Own

President Donald Trump called out poor countries for being "s***holes." Yes, there are terrible places to live. And, yes, it is easy to build a wall and say figure it out on your own. But we can't.

Science

James Cameron: Our So-Called Civilization Is Using the Ocean as Its Toilet

The director said deep sea research is "shamefully underfunded" and called for a "global fleet of swarm robotics" to study Earth's oceans.

Horizons

Entertainment

How One Company is Making Blue Jeans 'Green'

Tinctorium's new process makes indigo dye without toxic chemicals, producing more natural dyes for clothing.

Downtime

Entertainment

21 Books to Curl Up With This Fall

Here are our top picks for the best new fiction and nonfiction as the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns crisp.

Entertainment

Merritt Wever on Netflix's 'Unbelievable' and Not Torturing Herself

Two-time Emmy award-winning actress Merritt Wever, who plays Detective Karen Duvall in Netflix's 'Unbelievable' says her "blood started boiling" when she first read about the true story behind the show.

October 18, 2019 Issue

Your Coffee Could Be Connected to Why Hondurans Are Fleeing to the Border

Choppy Waters

James Cameron: Our So-Called Civilization Is Using the Ocean as Its Toilet

Merritt Wever on Netflix's 'Unbelievable' and Not Torturing Herself

Editor's Picks

What Scientists Say About the Viral Atlantic Diet

90-Year-Old Man Breaks Space Travel Record: 'Everybody Needs to Do This'

Donald Trump Scores Poll Boost in Critical Battleground States

How Meghan Markle's Wedding Dress Was an Act of Royal Rebellion

High-Speed Rail Backed As Future of US Transport

October 18, 2019 Issue

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